The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-12-03
MISCELLANEOUS.

huulcHCe Is peTlDltIeu 10 sTiOhe il ITO
wishes are going out Of favor. Good
artists will not appear at such concerts
because the smoky atmosphere is in
furious to their throats.
IL see you're printing a good deal
about the correct thing in fall Styles"
said tailor to an editor. "Ycs, SIR"
"Well, while you're going in on that
tack suppose you print something about
the correct thing in settlement of bills.
Washington Critic.
--"How is Mrs. McSlimscy getting
along, Mrs. SnaggsP'' "Quite well, I
believe, Mrs. Squildig. She is keeping
n boarding house." "Got many board
ersP" mot many regulars. but quite
n lot of transom boarders, 1 believe."-
Pittsburgh Chronicle.
Contrary to the general supposition
there are no areas of frozen swamps
to be found in the country adjacent to
Alaska. A surveying party employed
by the government of Canada discovered
n great deal Of grassy country along
the branches of the Yukon river.
In Milesburg, Pa, the other day, a
be ar walkel out of the woods. and, in
very unconcerned and independent
manner. made his way through the
principal streets of the town. greatly to
the CONSERVATION of pedestrians. Some
dogs gave chase, but the bear got away.
"A third crystalline form of carbon
has been discovered in meteoric iron
from Western Australia. The mineral,
which is to be called Cliftonite, re-
sembles the diamond in the shape of its
crystals, but in color and other respects
it is more like graphite.
Traveller.
The meaning of "it'' in children's
games 10 explained by lecturer on
folk lore. He said that ''it' is very
polite expression in the games Of
English-speaking children, for in Ger
man the one who is 'it" is called =
'wolf'' instead of "it;" in Japanese.
'ouf," or .'little devil;" in Malagasy.
"bucca,- or 'leper," and in Hawaiian,
"crazy one-"
In Belfast, Me-. few days ago q
woman who was about to start for the
West, where her husband is living, was
followed to the railway station by 4
large number of female relatives and
friends, who, with tears and sobs.
urged her to remain. Her goods were
packed and ready for shipment, but
she, at last yielded and returned home
with her friends.
| "A Stamford, Conn, man filled a
pipe with tobacco from his vest pocket,
where he had carelessly placed some
pistol cartridges, and unknowingly put
one in his pipe. In less than two min
utes it exploded. The bullet passed
through the brim of his hat and was
found embedded in board to the
depth of one inch over his head. He
fortunately escaped serious injury.
"A case of poisoning by nutmeg is
recorded in the British Medical Journal,
in which one nutmeg has been eaten by
patient as q cure for diarrhGa. 1t
caused him to become giddy, stupid
and very drowsy all next day The
narcotic properties of these seeds, and
of others of the same natural order, do
not appear to be generally known. and
seem worthy of investigation.-Boston
Budget. 7ss>:ss -'s>
The town of FRANKLIN in Tasmania,
named after the famous navigator,
vino was once governor of the island.
is now deserted ruin. 1t was once
the most thriving town of the settle
ment and % promising seaport, and
| <ft he
fully situated towns in the Australian
world. The gold rush of Australia took
its population away, and it has never
recovered it.
"A fine setter dog, lying cresswise
upon the back of horse hitched in
front of u shoe store, attracted the at
tention of hundreds of Hartford people
the other day. Every one seemed
pleased with the performance except
the dog. He looked very foolish, espe-
cially when he occasionally slipped
over to one side, and had to stick his
claws into the blanket to keep in the
position he had been told to occupy.
THE Cheerful Letter Exchange"
is the latest device of Boston young
women who look for original methods
of lending hand. The addresses Of
observing women and girls" particu-
larly in the West, are obtained and a
correspondence is started, which is de-
signed to uplift and generally delight
the deserving woman or giri and at the
same time allow the dear good Boston
girl to indulge in opistolary gush to her
hearts content.
4 In the Colorado desert, near Idaho.
there is large bed of rock salt, and
the Southern Pacific railroad, in laying
the track to the salt bed, has been
obliged to grade the road for 1900 feet
with blocks of these crystals. This is
the only instance where the roadbed is
laid and ballasted on salt. The sea
which once rolled over this place dried
: mp and left a vast bed of salt nearly
fifty miles long. The supply is ine2.
haustible and the quality excellent.
Mr.. c. v. Boys has been very ss,c
cessful in drawing out glass and severa
sorts of minerals into extremely thir
threads. Some minerals, he says. be
! have like glass, ''while others will no
draw at all, being either perfectly fluid
,, like water, or, when cooler, perfectly
rigid" Quartz yields remarkably mi
Il a Al.